I remember an interview in the eighties with Randy Cunningham, and he said when "Cylons" take over it would probably be time to hang up his wings.

It's probably easier for pilots to think of them as reusable cruise missles.

FROM FLIGHT TODAY
The Northrop Grumman X-47B has become the first unmanned air vehicle (UAV) to land aboard an aircraft carrier.

The landing at 13:40, which saw the aircraft approach the USS George H.W. Bush and 'trap' by running a trailing hook into the wire, follows its first aircraft carrier launch in May. The aircraft launched from a ground base at Patuxent River, Maryland, and flew one, pre-planned missed approach to the carrier before completing the historic landing.

The X-47B is being used as a technology demonstrator in advance of the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) programme, which is intended to result in an operational carrier-launched UAV.

Staying with the same subject.
This is the future.